Repotting My Moreton Bay Ficus, The Bonsai Zone, Dec 2023
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- I'm working on my new Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) for the first time, root pruning and re potting.
To see previous videos of my Moreton Bay Ficus bonsai, click on the playlist here...
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Whenever Sir Nigel here says anything about taking it easy on the roots, I think I can hear all the other trees in the background laugh, while the current subject drops a curse word
Paging Dr. Saunders. Paging Dr. Saunders. Root surgery in Room 301. Interns bring paper and pencil for notes on this massive root surgery done by our Head Surgeon, Dr. Saunders. Apples left outside the operating room door for the good doctor are appreciated.
🧟♀️🧟🧌Be careful this guy invented frankin-ficus🧌🧟🧟♀️zombie 🧟♀️🧟🧌
@@kevinrandell5189 Now that would make a great video
Firsty!
Foisty firsty!!
Glad to see this get some root work done! I wish I'd had the time to work on this tree - somehow it always got passed over in favour of others. I'm sure you'll get more aerials popping soon with decent humidity.
FYI: The last repot was about 2 years ago. The soil was actually just Can-Dry, pumice, and fir bark, and the odd mixed in lava here and there, so what you've used is not too far off, proportionally and compositionally.
Thanks Florence, I really liked the root system, thanks again and I can't wait to see it grow!!!
So sad to hear you're moving to the states, Florence! Will miss you a whole bunch at TBC meetings and shows
Hey @@clintsheppard9699 ! I will miss everyone but will try to make it back now and then. It'll be from Calgary though, so not quite such a jump as the States.
Saying hi from Melbourne Australia. These trees here are spectacular and huge. Will definitely be following updates on this one. 👩🏻🌾🪴
Beautiful ficus bonsai👍
Thanks a lot!!
☀️🤩☀️another great video, and an incredible start to a special tree!
Thank you 🤗
Hi Nigel
I think that at 29:20 you have a good angle for the tree, also with a good (lower) rootbase.
grts
Kennet
Yes, definitely, thanks Kennet!!!
I am always eager to watch your surgical root procedures on trees. Excellent in my book!!!
That's a great looking tree Nigel! I'm excited to watch the progress on this. Cheers
Thanks so much!!
Howdy from seasonably chilly, 0°C Boston; going down to -4° or -5°C overnight. We feel your chill 🌬️🌬️tonight. Your Moreton ficus looks quite dapper and handsome. Great start for the New Year! 🎉🎉🎉 Merry, Merry 🎄🎄🎄
Good morning from Connecticut...wonderful ficus friday....that tree is very cool
Hello and thanks!!!
Another new tropical to watch develop. Brilliant
Thanks Xavier!!!
That's going to be a real cool tree! Nigel, you're like a chameleon! You were even the same colour as your soil bin! LOL
Lol Marysol!!
Awesome. 👌👍. Love from India. 🇮🇳 💐
Thanks!!
Look forward to see this tree developing into a marvellous bonsai!
As usually very informative video,,,,Thank you so much
I am from india,
Please tell me,what is your soil mixture..?
Root work is my favorite part of bonsai.
It's the foundation of your tree!!!
Cool species! It might make a nice Jurassic Park scene someday. Maybe with a model of a nest with eggs in it to represent the dinosaur nest 🐲
Evening Nigel from Maine, USA
Good evening!!
4:08 The music made me feel like I was watching a EU4 timelapse 🤣 No hate, the music is suitably epic 😎
Well for a gentle pruning to this novice it looked brutal 😄🦘🇦🇺👍
I've grown many Moreton Bay Fig as plants and as bonsai since the 1980s. The challenges are twig dieback and leaf size reduction. Otherwise, it's a truly glorious tree to grow! Thank you for including them in your presentations, Nigel 😊
Thanks for the info! They are growing well this summer and the leaves are very large!!
Great video! Thanks for the tip regarding encouraging the roots by gently pulling the trunk up
Thanks Susan!!
Great video Nigel!
I'm trying to play catch up on everything I've missed. Have a Happy New Year my friend. I wish you the very best for 2024 and season 11 of the One and Only Bonsai Zone ❤️
Thanks Ryan!!
What conditions do you keep the moreton bay fig? Will it be ok in my grow tent for Nepenthes? 75-80f day and 56-60f nights and 85% humidity
Sounds ideal!!
Great instructional video. I have a Morton bay ficus here in Melbourne which i collected in northern Australia in 1988. It has been very roughly maintained as a bonsai and has great potential, especially in the root base and lower trunk. The entire top needs to come back with the two main branches being about 2 inches in diameter where i want to cut them. It was root pruned and repotted a year ago and is very healthy. It is mid to late winter here now.
Can i root a large cutting or should i air layer it now and if so what season is the latest i could do the major cut back?
I would appreciate your advice as this has the potential to be a great project which i want to develop now and into the future. Thank you
If you have the right conditions, a large cutting should root. Humidity, sunshine, warm temperatures and a bit of luck!
An airlayer would be a more reliable method of rooting the top! If you plant it as a cutting, plant it deeply in the pot, almost burying it. Keep it watered well.
I have a lot of Moreton Bay fig Bonsai, some are suckers from my main 70 plus years old Moreton bay Bonsai which was my grandmothers originally, I made bonsai from the suckers a few years ago and I’m they are very due for repotting. I did prune them so will wait a while Bree I repot them , I have a lot to learn about pruning correctly and I enjoy watching your videos. I live in Australia.😊
Awesome, thanks and happy growing!!!
Your introduction to this video sparked a question: Do ficus grow on every continent? The Moreton Bay ficus can be grown as bonsai here in se FL USA. They are known for great root displays.
Maybe, definitely not Antarctica!!!
Kinda shocked you even have a pair of snips. How long did it take to find them lol. I can never find mine. I use wire to trellis grape vines and one Avocado that i am bending all crazy just to do. I think i used it for a portulacaria afra cutying once too.
Lol, thanks!!
Great gift, this MB Ficus!!!
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Fun new tree NIgel. I love those root systems Can't wait to see this down the road.
I hope it does well Dave!!
Sorry if this question was already answered. Where do you get your bonsai strainer pots?
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Excellent video Nigel (as always). This should be a lovely tree, especially if it ever develops those ribbon roots. Very enjoyable watching you attack those roots.
I'm in Melbourne and the Moreton bay fig is quite a common park tree around the city, many of them are as big and as impressive as the ones up north. They can easily go down to 0c for short periods of time they just don't like frost. Very hardy and resistant species.
Port Jackson is the best fig for bonsai, but Moreton bay still good .
It's on my wish list!!! Thanks!!!
I wonder the status of those huge trees, with that huge firestorm they had on the east coast a few years ago.
Yes, I hope the old ones have survived!!
Ficus rligiyosa updet
Lección magistral de cómo podar raíces. Fantástico trabajo.
Anyone use broken up brick chips in their soil mix?
I think they work well!!
Great idea lifting the trunk for the root development. Great finish!
Thank you very much, happy holidays.
Happy holidays!
Hey Nigel , I m getting a serious squirrel issue , they r chewing my trunks , any suggestions
If you can place your bonsai benches away from their escape routes, it helps a lot. Squirrels don't like to be in a place where they can't instantly spring away!
@@TheBonsaiZone thanks I'll try that
What a wonderful tree, can hardly wait to see it grow.
Morten Yay Ficus!
Yes!!!
👍👌👌
Moreton Bay - not far from me!!!
Cool, now I need a Port Jackson Ficus!!!!
Hi Nigel, of course this was the first root pruning so it was more about getting the right set up for all the years to come. Will you try the "long root" method you tried on your other ficus to create the vertical growing roots here as well? If I remember correctly you only set up one ficus to grow the roots like that and I'd just love to see more of that! :)
I'll try some techniques and see what works!!
Hehey welcome to the club mate 🎉
Thanks, now I need a Port Jackson Ficus!!!
Excellent work! Will it be challenging to reduce the foliage size when it comes time to refine its features?
Yes it will, but I just love the roots!!
Hi love your videos , I’m wondering what type of fertilizer you used for your 🌳
I use Miracle Grow 20-20-20. I fertilize very weakly every time I water.
Watching on my big TV!
Hi Nigel,
I have several MB figs being from Australia and they are wonderful bonsai material. Large leaves but they do reduce in size quite easily. If you ever get the opportunity to obtain a Port Jackson fig (Ficis Rubiginosa) also from OZ, grab it. They have smaller leaves and are incredibly robust and forgiving to pruning and root work. Great aerial roots and they bud back from hard pruning even when leaving no leaves on the branch. I pruned on a couple of weeks ago and chpped all the branches back to nothing and there are buds on every branch I cut.
Good luck with your MB fig I'm sure it will thrive in the Bonsai Zone. I don't comment very often but I do watch every one of your videos (and like them).
Cheers mate and have a Merry Christmas.
How do you tell the difference between those species? I only checked some pictures online and the rubiginosa looks very similar to the macrophylla. Last year I picked up seeds from the moreton bay fig in Reggio Calabria, Italy. They have some very impressive trees there. I managed to germinate them and they seem to do well although it's winter right now. It's very difficult to get those plants here. If you are lucky you can get the seeds but it's almost impossible to buy plants like that in Europe. I grew ficus religiosa from seed 10 years ago but I never saw plants for sale anywhere.
Thanks, I'll keep my eyes out for one, I've never seen one yet!!
Beautiful tree!
Thank you! 😊
WOW those baskets seem to work super well at least for that species! Nice
It does!
Beautiful ☺️
Is safety sorb the same as tidy cat clay litter?
I think so?!!
I think tidy cat is molar clay and safety sorb is fullers clay. Both are fired clay.